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Our Church Has Grown

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The Leadership Journal archives contain over 35 years of issues. These archives contain a trove of pastoral wisdom, leadership skills, and encouragement for your calling.

Motorcycles and World Cups

Life without ambition isn’t what God wants from us.

Big Fish & Small Towns

The surprising benefits of ministry in out-of-the-way places.

Greening the Food Desert

Currents: news you can use

An Unspoiled View

Following Jesus means learning to see truth behind the appearances.

Photoshopped Diversity?

Currents

Interrupted by a Gorilla

What happens when a teaching church becomes a calling church.

Matching-making Ministry?

Should churches encourage younger marriage?

Love the Ones You're With

Fantasizing about the congregation you wish you had isn’t ambition, but sin.

Facebook Sermon Prep

Toolkit: Preaching

Your Regular Checkup

If a “physical” is important, so is a “spiritual”

Ministry Crucified, Resurrected

Two books on the death and new life of our ministry.

Church Growth vs. Church Seasons

Not every church is in the “my, how you’ve grown” stage, and that’s okay.

The Particular Call

Perceiving God’s intention for my life.

The Glory Drive

Godly ambitions lead to life, if we don’t settle for the counterfeit, self-glory.

Giving Debit Its Due

A new tool that can help with online giving without tempting those who abuse credit cards.

Game Plans

How to keep ourselves and our teams focused on the right things

Should Pastors Know What People Give?

A temptation toward favoritism, or a needed discipleship tool?

Pastoral Narcissism

The shadow side of ambition

Following God in Obscurity

Toolkit: Preaching Today.com

A Calling Confirmed

How church planting networks assess and verify whether candidates are, indeed, “called.”

Convergence and other Resources

Toolkit: Resources

Sex Offenders: Coming to a Church Near You

How churches, ready or not, are ministering to society’s most despised

The Ambition Engine

Our hopes and dreams fuel our ministry.

Talking Honestly about Alcohol

Wise pastoral care for that common, insidious disease.

Dropped Calls

Preoccupied with Numbers

Consider the Tweets

Avoid Repeated Mistakes

A Simplified Logo

A Rude Bird

Isn't That Socialized Religion?

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